N.M. Admin. Code § 7.4.2.17

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 7.4.2.17 - ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS

A. Every municipality and each county shall designate a part-time or full-time animal control officer who shall be deputized to enforce animal control laws, orders, ordinances and regulations.

B. The animal control officer shall prevent and control the spread of rabies within the municipality or county including but not limed to the capture and confinement or disposition of rabies suspect animals, the enforcement of quarantine orders, the destruction or confinement of animals exposed to rabies and the enforcement of pet skunk regulations.

C. Animal control officers should be provided with proper training to apprehend, handle and care for animals.

D. In carrying out the provisions of these regulations every deputized animal control officer is authorized to pursue a straying animal or a vicious dog or a dog molesting livestock or any animal with symptoms of rabies onto private premises unless permission to make such pursuit is explicitly refused by the occupant.

N.M. Admin. Code § 7.4.2.17

8/27/79; 10/31/96; 7.4.2.17 NMAC - Rn, 7 NMAC 4.2.17, 5/30/2003